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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
THE management of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), on Wednesday, closed down the institution indefinitely as a result of protest embarked by students against the suspension of four professional programmes of the university on Tuesday by the Federal Government. Students were given up till 6p.m. on Wednesday by the university’s management to vacate the two […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI – DELTA State Government has given seven days ultimatum to the management of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited to pay it accumulated ecology tariff amounting to N454.9 million or be ready to shut down their various masts scattered across the State. Mast State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Frank Omare who handed down […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Mechanised Division, Kaduna, Major-General Garba Wahab, on Tuesday revealed that the arrest of 33 members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, prevented the plan to unleash terror on Kaduna State. Garba said the sect had planned to paralyse the state on Monday but that the arrest of the […]
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Kano, State News
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
KANO – Unknown gunmen shot and killed a classroom teacher in Kano , Monday morning. The incident occurred at Hotoro Arewa area in Kano Municipality. The gunmen were said to have arrived the residence of Aliyu on a motorcycle and pumped hot lead into his head. It was not clear while the late classroom teacher […]
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Sokoto, State News
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Sokoto – The Sokoto State Government has released N26 million for the payment of the outstanding allowances for 1,870 students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The Permanent Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Alhaji Garba Sarkin-Kudu, said in Sokoto on Monday that the payment was for the arrears of the 2010/2011 academic session. […]
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Oyo, State News
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
April 2, 2012 by Akinwale Aboluwade 9 Comments A total of 2,155 houses have been marked for demolition by a committee which assessed the structures affected by the flood disaster that ravaged Ibadan and its environs on August 26, 2011. Oyo State Commissioner for Environment and Habitat, Mr. Wasiu Dauda, after the monthly environmental sanitation […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
There was confusion at the Ungwam Muazu, an outskirt of Kaduna State on Sunday as a bomb explosion rocked the area, killing the suspected bomber and leaving two others seriously injured. The injured persons were taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention. An eyewitness said, “I heard a deafening sound on my way from […]
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Enugu, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
A luxury bus conveying secondary school girls from Enugu to Lagos State was attacked by armed robbers at the Okeodo end of Ore-Sagamu Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday. The students numbering 42 were of Holy Cross College, Enugu and had hired the bus belonging to Ekene Dili Chukwu Group of Companies with registration number Lagos […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
World Health Organisation, WHO, has rated Cross River State high for being the only state in the South-South zone to inaugurate a task force on immunization, which shows its determination to tackle primary health care delivery programme. A WHO expert, representing donor partners in the state, Dr. Sylvester Maleghemi, stated this in a goodwill address […]
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Anambra, General Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, March 30th, 2012

By Moses Akaigwe [igwemos@sunnewsonline] Friday, March 30, 2012Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has observed that the latest mini bus to roll off the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing plant in Nnewi, has all it takes to replace Keke NAPEP tricycle as a popular means of transportation in the country. Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi Inside […]